4:00 pm CET: Presentation of the state awards and the DAAD Prize

The Embassies of the United Kingdom, France and Spain present the state awards (Queen’s Prize, Prix de le République française, Premio Rey de España) every year in recognition of outstanding academic achievements by students and doctoral students in a field with links to the respective country.
 
In addition, the DAAD awards the DAAD Prize to students who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievements as well as outstanding engagement, either in society or within the University.

Registration required: Yes – register here!

7:00 pm CET: United Nations University: Interconnected Disaster Risks launch event

UNU Bonn together with the Bundeskunsthalle invites you to an interactive event on the occasion of the publication of the Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2021/2022.

The public launch event is part of the series "Studio Bonn: Listening to the Future" and addresses all interested parties as well as local, regional and international partners.

Registration required: No

19:00 Uhr: Apéro littéraire: The land of others

The first Apéro littéraire after the summer break will be about the novel "Le pays des autres" / "The Land of Others" by Leila Slimani, part one of a large historical and family fresco in three volumes. The second part "Regardez nous danser" / "Look how we dance" has just been translated into German and will soon appear in bookstores in the German edition.

The author, Leila Slimani, winner of the Prix Goncourt 2016, takes us to the Morocco of the 1950s, which is on its way to independence.

Registration required: No

7:00 pm CET: Introduction, lecture and discussion on the "Academy in Exile"

The Universities of Cologne and Bonn set up the Cologne/Bonn Academy in Exile (CBA) in June of this year. The new academy aims to support the work of high-profile researchers forced to flee their home countries as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 
 
The academy is inviting Ukrainian researchers to continue their work in Cologne and Bonn. However, it is also supporting researchers of other nationalities who have been affected by the war, such as Belarusians and Russians facing persecution for opposing it.
 
With the academy focusing primarily on law, history, cultural studies and linguistics, projects in the fields of comparative politics, comparative law, comparative linguistics and European history are playing a particularly important role.
 
This event will begin with the CBA’s founding members explaining its objectives and services in more depth. Afterwards, Dr. Kateryna Kobchenko of the Department for East European History at the University of Münster will speak on "On the history of a university in exile: the Ukrainian Free University in Munich after 1945". This will be followed by an open discussion with the audience. 

Organized by Prof. Dr. Birgit Ulrike Münch (Vice Rector for International Affairs, University of Bonn), Prof. Dr. Johanna Hey (Vice-President for International Affairs, University of Cologne) and  Prof. Dr. Martin Aust (Department of Eastern European History, part of the Department of History, University of Bonn)

Venue: Main Building, Hörsaal I – Am Hof 1, 53113 Bonn

Registration required: Yes – register here

12:00 - 4:00 pm CET: Musical intervention: "Duet" by Ari Benjamin Meyers

The upcoming International Days will feature as a very special highlight a performative exhibition of works by renowned American composer and artist Ari Benjamin Meyers. Rather than being performed in regular concert halls, Meyers’ works usually appear at art institutions— come see his piece “Duet” on the University campus and you will find out why.

Performed at the OFF Biennale Cairo among many other international venues since 2014, “Duet” (like several of his works) is conceived of principally as an ‘intervention’ in and through which social structures and the possibilities of communication via music are explored. For this performative art, singers will be positioned in various spots in the University Main Building who will invite passers by to join them in making music together. If you are on campus that day and walking around inside the Palace, you will have a chance to become part of the intervention and experience “a composition for two strangers”, when asked “Would you like to sing with me?”

Ari Meyers will be giving a talk that evening at the University on his artistic approach and various other projects (see below).

Venue: Main Building - Am Hof 1, 53113 Bonn

Registration required: No

7:00 pm CET: Lecture A. B. Meyers: Rehearsing the Future. On the Kunsthalle for Music and Some Recent Works

Born in New York City in 1972, Ari Benjamin Meyers studied at the famous Juilliard School, at Yale University and at the Peabody Institute. He has worked with top-flight international classical music ensembles, with popular bands like Einstürzende Neubauten and Chicks on Speed and with artists like Tino Sehgal and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster. Meyers was Artist in Residence with the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn for the 2021/22 season.

Meyers’ performative works and installations are of a nature relating to the fine arts, and in 2017 he institutionalized his approach by founding the “Kunsthalle for Music”. This international museum has no fixed location, going nomadically on the road to places like Rotterdam and Hong Kong for musical performances and exhibitions of music-related art. Meyers sees himself as a composer, in the broadest sense: “For me, composition is a kind of tool, a tool to bring together artistic, theoretical and socio-political modes of production.” For a public project entitled “Rehearsing Philadelphia” he applied principles of musical rehearsal to explore possibilities together with the city’s residents around collective action and shaping society, with the slogan: “The future will be rehearsed, not perfected.”

Venue: Main Building, Hörsaal I – Am Hof 1, 53113 Bonn

Registration required: Yes (to attend in person) – register here

4:00 pm CET: Online presentation: Global Excahnge Program

Studying abroad is the optimal time to get to know another country during a longer stay abroad, to deepen language skills, to gain work experience or to pursue a culture-specific academic focus. At this virtual info event you will learn important information about the Global Exchange Program and how to apply for a place.

Registration required: No

6:15 pm CET: Book presentation and discussion with Prof. Dr. em. Klaus Koschorke

Grundzüge der Außereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte – Asien, Afrika und Lateinamerika 1450–2000 (The History of Christianity outside Europe—Asia, Africa and Latin America 1450–2000)
Most of the world’s Christian population lives in the Global South, so it is essential that we are familiar with their history. Prof. Dr. em. Klaus Koschorke, Professor of the Early and Global History of Christianity at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) from 1993 to 2013, will be presenting his new textbook and discussing the history and current situation of global Christianity with guests from the fields of religious studies and theology. The book provides a clear and concise overview of the history of Christianity in Asia, Africa and Latin America since around 1450, focusing on diversity and interrelationships, local actors and global consequences.

Organized by Prof. Dr. Adrian Hermann, Forum Internationale Wissenschaft (FIW), University of Bonn

Venue: Adenauerallee 4-6, 53113 Bonn – Room 1.004, ÜR Religionswissenschaft

Registration required: No

Japan Day

Japan is one of eight focus countries of the international cooperation of the University of Bonn. On Japan Day, in cooperation with the Japanese Consulate General Düsseldorf, the Japanese Cultural Institute Cologne, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and other partners, opportunities for academic cooperation for students and researchers with Japan will be highlighted. In addition, an extensive program with various workshops and lectures will be offered.

See detailed program here

From 9:00 am CET: Centre Ernst Robert Curtius (CERC) annual conference - Day 1

Cultures of Thought: Cognitive Orders and Cultural Paradigms in European Interdependence
Details soon available here.

Venue: Main Building, Festsaal – Am Hof 1, 53113 Bonn

Registration required: Yes (to attend in person) – soon available here 

10:00 am CET: Missions in Horizon Europe from the Perspective of Transdisciplinary Research

The Mission in Horizon Europe are EU-wide research and development tools to address societal challenges and to achieve ambitious but realistic goals. To make this possible, interdisciplinary and intersectoral measures are supported, from basic research to the stage just before implementation in practice. The event will provide an overview of the different missions with a special focus on the aspects of transdisciplinary research and will be held in English.

Researchers of all career levels are welcome.

Online event

Registration required: No

10:00 am-12:00 pm; 1:00-3:00 pm CET: Open-door consultation: Studies and internships abroad

Are you interested in a stay abroad during your studies and would like to get an overview of your options within and outside Europe? During the open-door consultation hours you can simply drop by the International Office and get general or program-specific advice. The short consultations take place in presence and without prior registration. We are looking forward to welcoming you!

Venue: Poppelsdorfer Allee 53, 53115 Bonn – Room 0.001 & Room 0.003

Registration required: No

From 10 am CET: Networking meeting with cooperation partners from Georgia – Day 1

The University of Bonn cooperates intensively with three Georgian universities: Tbilisi State University (Physics and Political Science), Tbilisi State Medical University (Human Medicine/Global Health) and Ilia State University (Biology). With the latter two, two new scholarship projects were obtained through Erasmus+ worldwide in 2022 (see https://www.uni-bonn.de/de/neues/214-2022). In order to deepen and further develop these cooperations, the University of Bonn has invited eight scientists from Georgia and Armenia to Bonn with funds from the BMBF as part of the DAAD funding line "Expansion of university cooperation with the countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia".

On the first day, a joint visit to the University Museum is planned and in the afternoon a network meeting will be held to introduce and welcome guests and participants from Bonn.

Venues: University Museum Bonn, Regina-Pacis-Weg 1, 53113 Bonn; Alte Sternwarte, Poppelsdorfer Allee 47, 53113 Bonn

Registration required: Yes, by e-mail to Christine Müller (christine.mueller@uni-bonn.de)

5:30 pm CET: Academic cooperation with countries under special conditions

The Vice Rectorate for International Affairs invites all staff and students of the University to a university-based discussion on modalities and funding lines and thus of funding opportunities in partner countries with which an exchange faces particular challenges. First, we will discuss the challenges of academic cooperation, such as exchange with those countries that are embroiled in politically controversial circumstances. Then, in an open discussion with the audience, our panelists, together with the Vice Rector, will talk about their experiences in scientific cooperation with countries under special conditions and what the university and funding agencies can do to support and guide scientists who have to deal with this issue. The event will be non-recorded and non-hybrid, providing an appropriate setting for the university community.

Panelists: Kathrin Kohs, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and Dr. Kai Sicks, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Venue: Main Building, Lecture Hall 2 - Am Hof 1, 53113 Bonn

Open only for persons affiliated with the University. 

Registration required: Yes - register here!

From 9:00 am CET: Centre Ernst Robert Curtius (CERC) annual conference - Day 2

Cultures of Thought: Cognitive Orders and Cultural Paradigms in European Interdependence

Venue: Main Building, Festsaal – Am Hof 1, 53113 Bonn
Registration required: Yes – via email to cerc@uni-bonn.de

From 9:30 am CET: Networking meeting with cooperation partners from Georgia – Day 2

9:30 to 11 am: Introduction to Ilia State University and partnership with the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change / Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, focusing particularly on the Georgian–German Biodiversity Center and the Caucasus Barcode of Life, at the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum.

11:30 am to 1 pm: Introduction to Tbilisi State University and the partnership with the Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik focusing particularly on the “Regional Training Network in Theoretical Physics” and “Regional Doctoral Program in Theoretical and Experimental Particle Physics”, at the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum.

2 to 3:30 pm: Introduction to Tbilisi State Medical University and the partnership with the Global Health Department, part of the Center for Infectiology and Infection Prevention in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bonn, at the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum.

4 to 5:15 pm: Fact-finding event on studying and internships in Georgia in lecture hall V of the main building.

From 6 pm: A Georgian evening with Georgian music, food and drinks, including a quiz and a lecture about the country at the International Club of the University of Bonn.

Venues: Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn; Main Building, Lecture Hall V - Am Hof 1, 53113 Bonn; International Club of the University of Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Allee 53, 53115 Bonn.
Registration required: No

12:00 pm CET: Round table: Identity, diversity and inclusion. An exchange of experiences

POSTPONED TO: 9 February 2023, 12:00 pm CET

The Vice Rectorate for International Affairs, the Vice Rectorate for Equal Opportunity and Diversity, the U.S. Consulate General in Düsseldorf and the AmerikaHaus NRW are organizing a joint panel discussion on the topic of diversity in an international context. The all-female panel will be discussing their life and work as women in their respective home countries and in Germany. The debate will also open up a dialogue with the audience about the opportunities and challenges that the issues of diversity and participation bring to our personal and professional lives.

Panelists: Pauline Kao, US Consul General and Sandra Kim, Staatsanwältin, NRW-Justizministerium

Moderation: Arnd Henze, WDR

DPE Lecture: Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Stanford University

"Bildung": About a Practice and a Concept in the Core of German Culture – and a Possible Rebirth Coming from the Pacific

Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Stanford University. Since 2022, he teaches and conducts research as Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Bonn.

Registration required: No. Join Zoom here!